tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001–2007): demographics, social characteristics, patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001–2007): demographics, social characteristics, patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California 2001-2007 demographics social characteristics patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants Thomas J O Connell 1 and Ché B Bou-Matar2 Open Access Address Private medical practice Oakland CA USA and 2Private consultant Mountain View CA USA Email Thomas J O Connell tjeffo@ Ché B Bou-Matar cboumatar@ Corresponding author Published 3 November 2007 Received 29 April 2007 Accepted 3 November 2007 Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4 16 doi l 477-7517-4-16 This article is available from http content 4 1 16 2007 O Connell and Bou-Matar licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Cannabis marijuana had been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. Cannabinoid agonists are now attracting growing interest and there is also evidence that botanical cannabis is being used as self-medication for stress and anxiety as well as adjunctive therapy by the seriously ill and by patients with terminal illnesses. California became the first state to authorize medicinal use of cannabis in 1996 and it was recently estimated that between 250 000 and 350 000 Californians may now possess the physician s recommendation required to use it medically. More limited medical use has also been approved in 12 additional states and new initiatives are being considered in others. Despite that evidence of increasing public acceptance of medical use a definitional problem remains and all use for any purpose is still prohibited by federal law. Results California s 1996 initiative allowed cannabis to be recommended not only for serious illnesses but also for any other .